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Just a little note. If you are traveling by airplane and have
the option of being scanned or advanced patted down, I would
recommend the scan unless you are flying often (radiation).
From what they are saying on Fox News, the scanners are viewing
the scans in a separate location and the scans they see have the
heads blocked so they cannot readily match a face to a body.
Watching the horrible video of a 3 year old having the advanced
pat down and not liking it at all leads me compelled to give
advice. If your little one has to go through a pat down, please
make it a game so the child is not traumatized by a stranger
touching them inappropriately. For instance, say 'People are
playing Scare Crow. The people with the gloves on are It. You
are going to be the Scare Crow. You have to stand with your
arms out not moving. They have to make sure you have all your
stuffing. If you move, you loose the game." Perhaps have a
sucker or something ready to give them for winning.
Here's the video and more tips for children:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ByKOhAhsU&feature=related
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If you are planning on cooking this Thanksgiving,
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>From Our Friend Jewelle :)
She Writes:
snopes.com: Praying Mother and Son Rock Formation
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/awesomerock.asp
The PowerPoint version shows horizontal and vertical views of the image
and urges the recipient to "send this email to at least 10 persons".
The image has generated a lot of debate and speculation, with many
people believing that it depicts a real rock formation. However, not
surprisingly, the image is in fact a work of art and does not depict an
actual landscape. The picture is a children's book illustration by
renowned Korean artist Kim Jae-hong. The image and other similar
illustrations in the sequence can be seen in photographs of the
children's book displayed on a Korean blog post.
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...Thank You So Much Jewelle!
Awww, well, at the time, I looked high and low for anyone to
dispute this was real and no hoax web site said it was not. So,
I've had it up for all this time.
It's pretty cool, but I won't have it up any more. Fiction is
like you say - very disappointing - I love the truth! I do not
want to be spreading a lie.
Refresh your browser and you will see - it's still awesome
even without the lie in the middle!
http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/awesome.html
I wish people would value the truth instead of playing games!
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>Hot Off The 'Shangy' Press :)
This hot tottie is from forwards from PatDeE, Sandi,
and Johanna! It is a very adorable one that will have
you going... awww. Check it out here...
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...A Delight! Thanks PatDeE, Sandi, and Johanna!
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>-->From The FunnyBone: Little Liar Johnnie
One evening as a family was eating dinner, the mother knowing that
her young son Johnnie had been telling lot's of lies as of late,
announced that she had made arrangements for her son to go over to
talk to their priest. The priest had a good reputation for helping
people who were compulsive liars.
The mother asks her son if he would go over to the parsonage and help
the priest with some chores. So Johnnie being a very helpful kid
went over.
At answering the door the priest ask Johnnie if he was at church
Sunday, of course he lied and said yes.
"Well," said the priest, "I guess you saw what happened at church
Sunday?"
"Yes" said Johnnie lying.
"Well I guess you saw that big grizzly bear come through the front
door and up the aisle grabbing people from their seats and eat them
alive?"
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After a few moments of silence the priest finally looked Johnnie
straight in the eye and ask Johnnie if he honest to God believed that
story.
Johnnie replied, without a quiver, "I sure do preacher, that was my
Dog!"
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>-->Thanksgiving Is Coming...
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Top 10 Reasons College Students Are Looking Forward to it
10. You'll know that your turkey is a Butterball rather than
a Grade E yet semi-edible fur ball.
9. Your mother will not be serving your mashed potatoes and
stuffing with an ice cream scooper.
8. Pumpkin pie is a great alternative to green Jello.
7. After your eighth glass of cider, your emergency dash to
the bathroom will not be delayed by having to line the seat
with toilet paper.
6. Clean underwear, comfortable bed, access to a car, bedroom
larger than a 12x14 cell... OK, even if it is for only four days.
5. To eat your meals the only trek you'll have to make is from
the couch to the kitchen, rather than the dorm to the dining hall...
in below freezing weather.
4. Instead of listening to "when I first started teaching here..."
you can be entertained by "when your mother was your age..."
and "during the Depression we weren't lucky enough to have
brussels sprouts. Heck, all we could afford was the sprout!"
3. You can eat your corn steamed with butter rather than
popped in your microwave
2. You'll know the hair in the shower drain is your own.
1. You won't be eating your Thanksgiving meal off a tray!
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>How to Cook a Turkey
Step 1: Go buy a turkey
Step 2: Take a drink of whiskey, scotch, or JD
Step 3: Put turkey in the oven
Step 4: Take another 2 drinks of whiskey
Step 5: Set the degree at 375 ovens
Step 6: Take 3 more whiskeys of drink
Step 7: Turn oven the on
Step 8: Take 4 whisks of drinky
Step 9: Turk the bastey
Step 10: Whiskey another bottle of get
Step 11: Stick a turkey in the thermometer
Step 12: Glass yourself a pour of whiskey
Step 13: Bake the whiskey for 4 hours
Step 14: Take the oven out of the turkey
Step 15: Take the oven out of the turkey
Step 16: Floor the turkey up off the pick
Step 17: Turk the carvey
Step 18: Get yourself another scottle of botch
Step 19: Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey
Step 20: Bless the saying, pass and eat out
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>Quickies...
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but
couldn't find one fresh enough for her family. She asked the stock boy,
"Don't you have fresh turkeys?" The stock boy answered, "But they are
all dead. Now how can I make them take a bath?"
What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son?
If your papa could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy!
Asked to write a composition entitled, "What I'm thankful for on
Thanksgiving," little Timothy wrote, "I am thankful that I'm not
a turkey."
Have you finished off the first one?
Yeah!
Eaten it too?
Yeah!
What happened to the other one?
The other turkey is now reading our conversation, boss.
If a man wants to eat a turkey on Thanksgiving, what does a turkey want?
Ans- It simply wants to run away.
What did the turkeys sing on Thanksgiving Day?
Ans- God save the kin.
What did the turkey say to the man who tried to shoot it?
Ans- Liberty, Equality and Bad aim for all.
What will a turkey with a dramatic bent of mind say to another turkey
on Thanksgiving morning?
Ans- To be or not to be roasted, that is the question.
The pro football team had just finished their daily practice session
when a large turkey came strutting onto the field. While the players
gazed in amazement, the turkey walked up to the head coach and demanded
a tryout. Everyone stared in silence as the turkey caught pass after
pass and ran right through the defensive line. When the turkey returned
to the sidelines, the coach shouted, "You're terrific!!! Sign up for
the season, and I'll see to it that you get a huge bonus." "Forget the
bonus," the turkey said, "All I want to know is, does the season go
past Thanksgiving Day?"
What key has legs and can't open doors?
A Turkey.
Gobbler said, "Doctor, help me! I can't stop acting like a turkey!"
"I see," said the doctor. "How long have you had this problem?"
"Let me think a second. Mom laid the egg in 1954..."
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims!
Why did the turkey cross the road?
It was the chicken's day off.
If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?
Their AGE
Why can't you take a turkey to church?
Because they use such FOWL language
What are the feathers on a turkey's wings called?
Turkey feathers
What's the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?
The turkey trot
Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?
Yes - a building can't jump at all
What do you get when you cross a turkey with an octopus?
Enough drumsticks for Thanksgiving
How can you make a turkey float?
You need 2 scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a turkey
What kind of music did the Pilgrims like?
Plymouth Rock
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
The outside
Why did they let the turkey join the band?
Because he had the drumsticks
Why did the police arrest the turkey?
They suspected it of fowl play
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>-->From Our Friend James :)
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One year at Thanksgiving, my mom went to my sister's house for
the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible my sister is, my
mom decided to play a trick. She told my sister that she needed
something from the store.
When my sister left, my mom took the turkey out of the oven,
removed the stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen, and inserted it into
the turkey, and re-stuffed the turkey. She then placed the bird(s)
back in the oven.
When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of
the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving
spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird.
With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed,
"Patricia, you've cooked a pregnant bird!" At the reality of
this horrifying news, my sister started to cry.
It took the family two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs!
Yep.................SHE'S BLONDE!
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...Ooo mean trick! LOL! Thanks James!
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>-->From Our Friend Jo Ann :)
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>TURKEY RECIPE
I thought this sounded good! Here is a turkey recipe that also
includes the use of popcorn as a stuffing ingredient -- imagine that.
When I found this recipe, I thought it was perfect for people like
me, who just are not sure how to tell when turkey is thoroughly
cooked, but not dried out. Give this a try.
8 - 15 lb. turkey
1 cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is Good)
1 cup un-popped popcorn (ORVILLE REDENBACHER'S LOW FAT IS BEST)
Salt/pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush turkey well with melted butter,
salt, and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn. Place in
baking pan making sure the neck end is toward the front of the oven,
not the back.
After about 4 hours listen for the popping sounds.
When the turkey's butt blows the oven door open and the bird flies
across the room,.... it's done.
And, you thought I didn't cook...
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>-->From Our Friend Johanna :)
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*O.M.G., I'm rich!*
*Silver in the Hair*
*Gold in the Teeth*
*Crystals in the Kidneys*
*Sugar in the Blood*
*Lead in the Bottom*
*Iron in the Arteries*
*And an inexhaustible supply of Natural Gas.*
*I never thought I'd accumulate such wealth.
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...Oh My! Thanks Johanna!
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>ONLY IN TEXAS ????
President Barack Obama was in the Oval Office when his telephone rang.
"Hello, President Obama a heavily accented southern voice said.
"This is Archie, down here at the Joes Crab Shack, Houston Texas , I am
callin' to tell ya'll that we are officially declaring war on ya!"
"Well Archie," Barack replied, "This is indeed important news! How
big is your army?"
"Right now," said Archie, after a moments calculation "there is myself,
my cousin Harold, my next-door-neighbor Randy, and the whole dart team
from Hooters. That makes eight!"
Barack paused. "I must tell you Archie that I have one million men in my
army waiting to move on my command."
"Wow," said Archie. "I'll have to call ya back!"
Sure enough, the next day, Archie called again. Mr. Obama, the war is
still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!"
"And what equipment would that be Archie?" Barack asked.
"Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Harry's farm tractor."
President Obama sighed. "I must tell you Archie, that I have 16,000
tanks and 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army
to one and a half million since we last spoke."
"Lord above", said Archie, "I'll be getting back to ya."
Sure enough, Archie rang again the next day, President Obama, the war is
still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified
Harold's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four
boys from the Legion have joined us as well!"
Barack was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell you
Archie that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My
military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile
sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"
"Oh Lord," said Archie, "l'll have to call you back."
Sure enough, Archie called again the next day. President Obama! I am
sorry to have to tell you that we have had to call off this here war."
"I'm sorry to hear that" said Barack. "Why the sudden change of heart?"
Well, sir," said Archie, "we've all sat ourselves down and had a long
chat over a few beers, and come to realize that there's just no way we
can feed two million prisoners.."
TEXAS CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE SHAKEN
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>The Non-Burning of the Quran
Have you ever given any thought to this perplexing fact: that when the
leader of small cult-like Pentecostal church in Florida threatened to
burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11, when Muslims
attacked America and killed thousands of innocent people, the whole
world rose up to object. From President Obama to the Pope to mobs of
Muslims rioting in the streets, burning American flags and threatening
death to America, every type of influence was applied to that man to
prevent him from desecrating the holy book of the Islamic religion. But
daily all over the world Christian churches are attacked, damaged and
burned, and Bibles burned and destroyed, with Christian believers
beaten, tortured, raped and beheaded by Muslims in the name of their
god, Allah -- but seldom, if ever, is there even a mild a word of
official protest and never does any element of the U.S. government
register any objection. Isn't there something a bit off balance here?
The Muslims are actually viciously attacking the Christian faith, but
that one Florida pastor only talked about burning a copy of the Quran --
he never actually did so.
The American News Commentary
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Heaven is my home. Earth is my assignment.
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Easy to explain this one - it's the way of the devil! Not too
surprising when you figure we are in a war. He has got to knock
down the holy bible whenever he can because it is the Christian's
best weapon against him...
Take The Sword!
http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/poems/sword.html
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>-->In The Worldly News:
[POLITICS]
>From Patriot Update:
Pence: Deny Any and All Funding to Planned Parenthood
http://tinyurl.com/24bogph
Young Boy Strip Searched by TSA
http://tinyurl.com/2fbksmy
>From World Net Daily:
Is Obama unhinged? Look what CNN reporter says ...
On the flight home from the European Summit, Barack Obama stopped in
the press cabin of Air Force One and joked that he was stopping the
plane in South America to see Hugo Chavez. That according to CNN's Ed
Henry, who Tweeted the message to anyone who might be paying attention,
editorializing that the president appeared to be "a little punchy."
http://tinyurl.com/272j9cg
Plus!
Contributing to the impression of shifting sands in his official
biography, two newspaper articles from 1990 - apparently based on
interviews with Barack Obama - reported that the future president left
Hawaii for Indonesia when he was 2 years old, not 6 years old, as he
relates in his autobiography.
http://tinyurl.com/23e3pxk
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>From BizarreNews:
-- Teen Denies Turkey Theft ---------------
NEW YORK - A New York 19-year-old accused of shoving a
turkey breast into his pants at a grocery store told a
newspaper he took a sandwich but denied stealing the
breast. Deon Williams turned down a plea deal with a six-
month jail sentence for the robbery charge, claiming he
was falsely accused of shoving the 12-pound Boars Head
turkey breast into his pants and attempting to smuggle it
out of the Fine Fare supermarket, the New York Post report-
ed Thursday. "I didn't do it," Williams told the Post.
"OK, I stole a cold-cut sandwich because I was hungry, but
I put everything (else) back." Prosecutors allege Williams
left the store with the turkey in his pants and was chased
down by the butcher, who demanded he hand over the breast.
Williams allegedly placed the turkey on the ground and
punched the butcher in the jaw.
-- Teacher Holds "Ghostbusters" at Gunpoint --------
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A Tennessee judge has ruled a school-
teacher was not justified in holding a group of "ghost-
buster" teenagers at gunpoint at a local cemetery. Friends
and neighbors of Stacy Swallows say he only wanted to
protect a private graveyard near his home north of
Chattanooga when he roadblocked nine teenagers late one
night in early September and pointed an assault rifle at
their cars, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported
Thursday. Used needles and condoms had been found among
grave markers, headstones were overturned and cars were
parked around the property late at night, they said. "It
had been trashed so many times by a bunch of punks," Tommy
Iles, a friend of Swallows, said outside of court. "These
kids don't have any respect." But Hamilton County Sessions
Court Judge Bob Moon said a history of mischief at the
cemetery didn't give Swallows the right to hold the teens
at gunpoint. "They were curious ghostbusters, but they
weren't criminals," Moon said of the teenagers. "Should
the young people have been there? No. Did they commit a
crime? No." Moon ordered the case, in which Swallows is
charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment,
sent to the Hamilton County grand jury.
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>From 2007 archived CoffeeBreak:
LEGO competition environmentally friendly
A LEGO competition at the University of Colorado-Boulder
this weekend not only taught participants how to build but
also how to be environmentally friendly. The eighth annual
FIRST LEGO League competition embraced an environmental
theme this year and drew more than 1,000 elementary and
middle-school students as participants, The Denver Post
reported. Each team was required to use a LEGO robotics
kit to create tools to complete five missions. The tasks
included having teams lasso miniature oil barrels in a
simulated environmental crisis. Energizing Energizers
team coach Christina Stephens, whose team represented the
only all-girl group in Saturday's event, said the solutions
had to remain environmentally sound. "But you can't get
anything in the water because that would be polluting,"
Stephens, whose team won the event, told the Post.
Police: Buttocks wound prompts drug charge
A 42-year-old Florida man faces drug charges after being
shot in the buttocks by an unknown assailant. Police in
Jacksonville said that after Charles Thompson was shot
Friday, a bag of marijuana fell from one of his pant
pockets after they were removed by paramedics, The South
Florida Times-Union reported. The paramedics had removed
Thompson's pants to reach his buttocks wound and had
handed the clothing over to the responding police officer.
Thompson was immediately rushed to a hospital for surgery.
Witnesses told the newspaper Thompson appeared to be
talking to the man who shot him before gunfire erupted.
Man sues for lost finger
A New York man is suing Bellevue Hospital for losing his
finger and then charging him $3,000 in medical expenses,
The New York Post reported. Efraim Rivera, 30, had his
finger cut off last February in an argument in Brooklyn.
Police and paramedics packed the finger on ice and took it
and Rivera to Bellevue, which is noted for surgical
reattachment, the Post reported. About an hour later, a
nurse told Rivera they lost the finger and asked him to
sign a waiver saying he no longer wanted the finger, said
the lawsuit filed last week in Brooklyn Supreme Court
against the city Health and Hospitals Corp., Bellevue's
owner. Rivera, a warehouse worker in New Jersey, refused
to sign the waiver and was billed $3,000 for treatment,
the Post reported. "It's a permanent loss," said Rivera's
lawyer, Myron Lasser. "It's going to inhibit his earning
capacity."
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>When I'm an Old Lady and Live With My Kids
When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,
And bring so much happiness...just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.
Returning each deed! Oh, they'll be so excited!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
I'll write on the wall with reds, whites and blues,
And I'll bounce on the furniture...wearing my shoes.
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done I'll hide under the bed.
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans or salad or meat,
I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,
And when they get angry...I'll run...if I'm able!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
I'll sit close to the TV, through the channels I'll click,
I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick.
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud 'til the end of the day!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)
And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping,
And say with a groan, 'She's so sweet when she's sleeping!'
- Joanne Bailey Baxter, Lorain, OH
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>You might be stuck in the 80's if...
1. your fondest childhood memory is when Skippy got his head stuck in
the banister
2. Forget "American Idol"...Bring Back "Star Search"!
3. you think the Two Coreys are "totally awesome"
4. you're still bitter that Wham! broke up
5. Punky Brewster is your hero
6. you type all of your term papers on a Commodore 64
7. you still resent your parents for not installing a dumbwaiter in
your house like Webster's
8. the only video games you play are Frogger and Pac Man
9. you're building your own Clockwork Smurf
10. your summer attire is Jellies and Jams
11. A-Ha's "Take on Me" is still your favorite video
12. you consider yourself truly, truly, truly outrageous, much like Jem
and the Holograms
13. you wonder why more people don't wear high heels, Jordache jeans,
and lacy ankle socks
14. you call all motorcycle cops "Ponch"
15. every time you go to the beach you look for Snorks
16. you're still upset Madonna and Sean broke up
17. you know who Stinky Sullivan is
18. you work out with "Get in Shape Girl"
19. you want to be Molly Ringwald when you grow up
20. you enjoy dancing on the ceiling and wearing your sunglasses at
night
21. you know who Loverboy is
22. you think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion
23. you think of Janet Jackson as "that girl who used to date Willis"
24. you can sing the theme song to Small Wonder
25. every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell
"Fame!"
26. you still have a shoebox full of Garbage Pail Kid cards
27. you write your congressman asking him to introduce a bill to make
"Born in the USA" the national anthem
28. you still use your Snoopy Sno-Cone machine
29. you know it's not "comma, comma, comma" it's karma
30. you stay up nights wondering what Bastian's mother's name was in
"The Neverending Story"
31. you have nightmares about the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine
Peak
32. you still practice your Care Bear Stare
33. you know that girls just wanna have fuh-un
34. you can name all The Wuzzles
35. you harbor a secret dream of being slimed by Alistair
36. you like to "connect the dots, la la la la!"
37. your prized possesion is a collection of "Return of the Jedi"
Shrinky Dinks
38. you know whose number is 867-5309
39. you died on the Oregon Trail
40. you consider Jo vs. Blair the major philosophical conflict of the
20th century
41. you have a duck phone and ride around your house on a little train
42. you still watch things on Beta
43. you always waited for the Sweet Pickles Bus to visit your house
44. your favorite party game is Hungry Hungry Hippos
45. you saw the New Kids on the Block when they were Tiffany's opening
act
46. you practice getting in and out of your car through the windows
47. you have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
48. you're still wondering who really was the boss
49. you know what the "P" in "Alex P. Keaton" stands for
50. you keep asking your teachers if instead of the quiz you can take
the physical challenge
51. you organize weekend tournaments of TV tag
52. you still drink New Coke
53. you know ALF's real name
54. you never go out for a night on the town without frosted blue
eyeshadow and feathered bangs
55. you can name all of the Thundercats
56. you got a hankerin' for a hunk of cheese
57. everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent
58. sometimes you just want to shout, shout, let it all out
59. you're planning a dream vacation to Mepos
60. you use your Speak and Spell to phone home
61. when you're stuck in traffic you tell your car to engage Turbo
Boost and are surprised when it doesn't talk back
62. you remember when Vanessa sang Kareoke to "Locomotion"
63. you hatch plots to break Murdock out of the VA hospital
64. you check your Swatch Watch to see if it’s time to watch "Mr.
Belvedere"
65. snap bracelets get you into trouble at school
66. friendship bracelets are ties that can’t be broken
67. you still sport your Wonder Woman or Superman underoos
68. you are still trying to figure out how MacGyver picked a lock with
a toothbrush
69. On long car rides you break out the Mad Libs.
70. You played Donkey Kong before you even cared what Nintendo meant.
71. You still mourn the death of Rudy's goldfish, Lamont.
72. You have the birth certificate in a frame for your first Cabbage
Patch Doll.
73. You go to the Pep-Boys trying to find a Flux-Capacitor for your new
DeLorean.
74. you still own chequered, metallic or flourescent high-top Converse.
75. you still want to visit all the places mentioned in "Kokomo."
76. you think Pop Rocks are the coolest candy.
77. you need a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you.
78. you relax by putting on your legwarmers and dancing to the
"Footloose" soundtrack
79. you still wish you could ride in the back of the station wagon and
face the cars behind you.
80. You could care less about these new-fangled "CD's"...you still own
all your music on Cassettes!
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...Cool List! Thanks Wesley!
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The body builder takes off his shirt
and the blonde says, "What a great
chest you have!'
He tells her, “That's 100 lbs. of dynamite, Baby.”
He takes off his pants and the blonde says,
"what massive calves you have!”
The body builder tells her, “that's 100 lbs.
of dynamite, Baby.”
He then removes his underwear and
the blonde goes running out of the
apartment screaming in fear.
The body builder puts his clothes
back on and chases after her.
He catches up to her and asks why
she ran out of the apartment like that.
The blonde replies,
“I was afraid to be around all that dynamite
after I saw how short the fuse was!”
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When I was a newly commissioned Lieutenant in the Army, I
was assigned as a temporary assistant in an administrative
office in a Military Intelligence unit.
One day a long memo came around with a cover sheet
instructing all assigned officers to read it and initial
it as indication of their compliance. I figured it meant
me too, so I read and initialed it.
BUT a few days later, it came back addressed specifically to
me. An attached note read: "You are not permanently assigned
to this unit and are thus not an authorized signee. Please
erase your initials and initial your erasure."
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"Mr. Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully," the
divorce court judge said, "and I've decided to give your
wife $775 a week."
"That's very generous, your honor," the husband said. "And
every now and then I'll try to send her a few bucks myself."
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During my senior year at university, the wife of one of my
professors gave birth to twins. Now the father of four pre-
schoolers, my professor looked more and more haggard as the
days went by, and his forgetfulness increased.
One day, several weeks after the birth, he arrived in class
late and announced he had some bad news. He couldn't find
the midterm papers we had written weeks before.
"But, sir," said a student, "you gave those midterms back
last class."
"I did?" Our weary professor replied. "Well, how did you do
on them?"
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One night our dog suddenly began barking almost every night
at around 3 a.m.
Irritated and sleepy, my husband, Larry, searched the back
yard for what might have disturbed this otherwise peaceful
animal.
For three days he found nothing amiss. When the dog woke up
the neighborhood a fourth night at 3 a.m. with frantic
barking Larry finally snuck around the house through the
alley only to discover our quiet neighbor, the last man
you'd suspect of wrongdoing, throwing pebbles over the fence
at the dog.
My husband demanded to know what he was doing.
"My mother-in-law is visiting," the embarrassed neighbor
explained. "If she gets woken up in the middle of the night
one more time she says she'll leave."
-<>-
My father began teaching business classes at the local prison
through a community college. On his first night of class, he
started a chapter on banking. During the course of his
lecture, the subject of ATMs came up, and he mentioned that,
on average, most machines contain only about $1500 at a given
time.
Just then a man in the back raised his hand. "I'm not trying
to argue," he told my father, "but the machine I robbed had
about $3,000 in it."
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My wife-to-be and I were at the county clerk's office to get
our marriage license. After recording the vital information;
names, dates of birth, etc. the clerk handed me our license
and deadpanned, "No refunds, no exchanges, no warranties."
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Because I couldn't unplug the toilet with a plunger, I had
to dismantle the entire fixture, no small feat for a non-
plumber.
Jammed inside the drain was a purple rubber dinosaur, which
belonged to my five-year-old son.
I painstakingly got all the toilet parts together again, the
tank filled, and I flushed it. However, it didn't work much
better than before! As I pondered what to do next, my son
walked into the bathroom.
He pointed to the purple dinosaur I had just dislodged and
asked excitedly, "Did you get the green one, too?"
-<>-
My family has a tradition of naming the cruise control on our
cars.
We were used to hearing my father proclaim, "Take it, Max,"
as he flipped on the cruise control during long trips in our
station wagon.
Recently, I was traveling with my parents in their new car
when we hit a wide-open expanse of highway.
My dad leaned back and said, "I think I'll let Tom drive for
a while."
"Tom who?" I asked.
My mother translated for me: "Tom Cruise, of course."
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** GIVING/SHARING/GENEROSITY **
Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the
receiving process.
Nothing teaches character better than generosity.
Here's what is exciting about sharing ideas with others: If
you share a new idea with ten people, they get to hear it once
and you get to hear it ten times.
Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out,
the more life will be able to pour in.
Somebody says, "Well, I can't be concerned about other people.
About the best I can do is to take care of myself." Well,
then you will always be poor.
What you give becomes an investment that will return to you
multiplied at some point in the future.
When somebody shares, everybody wins.
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A new pastor, eager to make sure the church's employees
would like him, called them together shortly before
Thanksgiving Day and told them that each of them would
receive a turkey. "In fact," he added, "as long as I'm
around, you will always have a turkey."
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** The Air Raid **
The air-raid siren went off in Haifa. A woman rushed down
the stairs toward the basement. Suddenly she noticed that
her husband had not followed her down.
"Come on, Sidney," she yelled.
"Just a minute!" answered the husband. "I gotta get my teeth!"
"Never mind your teeth!" the wife shouted back. "What do you think
they're dropping - pastrami sandwiches?"
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** Blonde's History Lesson **
Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' Blonde Barbie asked,
'how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears
completely normal?'
'Nothing is easier,' he replied. 'You ask him a simple question
which everyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates,
that puts you on the track.'
'What sort of question?'
'Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips
around the world and died during one of them. Which one?'
Barbie thought for a moment, and then said with a nervous
laugh, 'You wouldn't happen to have another example would
you? I must confess I don't know much about history.'
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** You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of
three.
** You chat several times a day with a stranger from South
Africa, but you haven't spoken with your next-door neighbor
yet this year.
** You didn't give your valentine a card this year, but you
posted one for your e-mail buddies via a web page.
** You call your son's beeper to let him know it's time to eat.
He emails you back from his bedroom, What's for dinner?
** Your grandmother clogs up your e-mail inbox asking you to
send her a JPEG file of your newborn so she can create a
screen saver.
** You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to
see if anyone is home.
** Cleaning up the dining room means getting the fast food
bags out of the back seat of your car.
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** Football On Thanksgiving **
As in many homes on New Year's Day, my wife and I faced the annual
conflict of which was more important -- the football games on TV,
or the dinner itself. To keep peace, I ate dinner with the rest of
the family, and even lingered for some pleasant after-dinner
conversation before retiring to the Family Room to turn on the
game. Several minutes later, my wife came downstairs and
graciously even bought a cold Pepsi for me with her. She smiled,
kissed me on the cheek and asked what the score was. I told her it
was the end of the third quarter and that the score was still
nothing to nothing. "See?" she said, continuing to smile, "You
didn't miss a thing."
-<>-
** Saxbuddy's Visit To The Vet **
Steve took his Rottweiler to the vet and said "My dog's cross-
eyed, is there anything you can do for him?"
"Well," said the vet, "lets have a look at him." So he picks the
dog up and has a good look at its eyes.
"Hmm," says the vet, "I'm going to have to put him down"
"Just because he's cross-eyed?" says Steve.
"No, because he's heavy," says the vet.
-<>-
** Shopping For Lingerie: A Religious Experience **
A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's and shyly walked up
to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my
wife."
"What type of bra?" asked the clerk.
"Type?" inquires the man, "There is more than one type?"
"Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every
shape, size, color and material imaginable.
"Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only four
types of bras to choose from."
Relieved, the man asked about the types.
The saleslady replied "There are the Catholic, the Salvation Army, the
Presbyterian, and the Baptist types. Which one would you prefer?"
Now befuddled, the man asked about the differences between them.
The saleslady responded, "It is all really quite simple.
The Catholic type supports the masses.
The Salvation Army type lifts the fallen.
The Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright
and the Baptist makes mountains out of mole hills.
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** Doctor's Fee **
When the wealthy businessman choked on a fish bone at a restaurant,
he was fortunate that a doctor was seated at a nearby table.
Springing up, the doctor skillfully removed the bone and saved his
life.
As soon as the fellow had calmed himself and could talk again, he
thanked the surgeon enthusiastically and offered to pay him for his
services.
"Just name the fee," he croaked gratefully.
"Okay," replied the doctor. "How about half of what you'd have
offered when the bone was still stuck in your throat?"
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** Wild Cuisine **
I love the outdoors, and because of my passion for hunting and
fishing, my family eats a considerable amount of wild game...
We eat so much wild game, in fact, that one evening as I set a
platter of broiled venison steaks on the dinner table, my ten-year-
old daughter looked up and said:
"Boy, it sure would be nice if pizzas lived in the woods."
-<>-
** Psychology Major **
During a phone conversation, my nephew mentioned that he was
taking a psychology course at university.
"Oh, great," I said, "Now you'll be analyzing everyone in
the family."
"No, no," he replied. "I don't take abnormal psychology
until next semester."
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** CROSSED COMMUNICATIONS **
Last summer, when the power mower was broken and wouldn't
run, I kept hinting to my husband that he ought to get it
fixed, but somehow the message never sunk in.
Finally I thought of a clever way to make the point. When my
husband arrived home that day, he found me seated in the
tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing
scissors. He watched silently for a short time, then went
into the house. He was gone only a few moments, and when he
came out again he handed me a toothbrush...
"When you finish cutting the grass," he said, "you might as
well sweep the sidewalks...!"
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** Think About This **
~~~~THE HITCHHIKER~~~~
John was driving home late one night when he picked up a
hitchhiker. As they rode along he began to be suspicious of
his passenger. John checked to see if his wallet was safe in
the pocket of his coat that was on the seat between them,
but it wasn't there! So he slammed on the brakes, ordered
the hitchhiker out, and said, "Hand over the wallet
immediately!"
The frightened hitchhiker handed over a billfold, and John
drove off. When he arrived home, he started to tell his
wife about the experience, but she interrupted him, saying,
"Before I forget, John, do you know that you left your
wallet at home this morning?
-<>-
** My Dad's Lawyer **
A man went to his lawyer and stated, "I would like to make a
will but I don't know exactly how to go about it."
The lawyer said, "No problem, leave it all to me."
The man looked somewhat upset as he said,
"Well, I knew you were going to take the biggest slice, but
I'd like to leave a little to my children, too!"
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A minister, having served the same church for many years,
decided to leave and take a similar position in another
church. Without telling anyone he had made this decision or
writing a letter to the congregation, he waited until Sunday
morning to announce his resignation in church. When he
spoke to the congregation he said, "The same Jesus that
called me to this church many years ago has now called upon
me to leave and serve another church."
The choir all stood and sang, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
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** Before and After Children **
BEFORE Children: I was thankful for the opportunity to
vacation in exotic foreign countries so I could experience
a different way of life in a new culture.
AFTER Children: I am thankful to have time to make it all
the way down the driveway to get the mail.
BEFORE Children: I was thankful for the Moosewood
Vegetarian cookbook.
AFTER Children: I am thankful for the butterball turkey
hotline.
BEFORE Children: I was thankful for a warm, cozy home to share
with my loved ones.
AFTER Children: I am thankful for the lock on the bathroom
door.
BEFORE Children: I was thankful for material objects like
custom furniture, a nice car and trendy clothes.
AFTER Children: I am thankful when the baby spits up and
misses my good shoes.
BEFORE Children: I was thankful for my wonderful family.
AFTER Children: I am thankful for my wonderful family.
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** A Creature Of Habit... Always **
Patsy offered to care for the eight-year-old daughter of her
next-door neighbor. She arrived in time to prepare breakfast,
laying a generous helping of bacon and eggs in front of the
child.
"Mother always serves hot biscuits for breakfast," said the
eight-year-old.
So, Patsy, very eager to oblige, hurried into the kitchen
and quickly prepared a plate of hot biscuits, which she laid
in front of the girl.
"No, thank you," she said.
"But I thought you said your mother always prepares hot
biscuits for breakfast!" said Patsy in surprise.
"She does," said the child. "But I don't eat them."
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** Vanity **
Judi and Gayle were having a rare heart to heart talk.
"What do you consider your worst vice," Judi asked.
"I don't like to admit it," Gayle said, "but my worst vice
is vanity. Sometimes I sit in front of the mirror and just
admire my face."
"I wouldn't worry about it," said Judi. "That's not vanity.
That's imagination."
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** How to install a tile floor **
Any home decorator will tell you that there is nothing quite like a
tile floor for transforming an ordinary room into an ordinary room
that has tile on the floor. But if you're like most homeowners, you
think that laying tile is a job for the ''pros.'' Boy, are you ever
stupid! Because the truth is that anybody can do it! All it takes
is a little planning, the right materials, and a Fire Rescue unit.
Consider the true story of a woman in Linthicum, Md., who decided to
tile her kitchen floor, as reported in an excellent front-page
newspaper article written by Eric Collins for the Sept. 26 issue of
the Annapolis, Md., Capital, and sent in by many alert readers.
According to this article, the woman, who wanted to be identified
only as ''Anne'' for reasons that will become clear, decided to
surprise her fiance by tiling her kitchen floor herself, thus
saving the $700 a so-called ''expert'' would have charged for
the job.
Step One, of course, was for Anne to spread powerful glue on the
floor, so the tiles would be bonded firmly in place. Anne then
proceeded to Step Two, which -- as you have probably already
guessed -- was to slip and fall face-first into the glue coat
she created in Step One, thus bonding herself to the floor like
a gum wad on a hot sidewalk.
Fortunately, Anne was not alone. Also in the house, thank goodness,
was one of the most useful companions a person can ever hope to
have: a small dog.
Specifically, it was a Yorkshire Terrier, a breed originally
developed in England to serve as makeup applicators. A full-grown
''Yorkie'' is about the size of a standard walnut, although it has
more hair and a smaller brain.
Anne's dog -- named Cleopatra -- saw that her owner was in trouble,
so she immediately ran outside and summoned a police officer.
Ha ha! No, seriously, Cleopatra did what all dogs do when their
owners are in trouble: lick the owner's face. Dogs believe this
is the correct response to every emergency. If Lassie had been
a real dog, when little Timmy was sinking in the quicksand,
Lassie, instead of racing back to the farmhouse to get help,
would have helpfully licked Timmy on the face until he
disappeared, at which point Lassie, having done all she could
for him, would have resumed licking herself. So anyway, when
Cleopatra decided to help out, she naturally also became stuck
in the glue.
But again, luck was on Anne's side, because also at home were
her two daughters, ages 9 and 10, who, realizing that the situation
was no joking matter, immediately, in the words of the Capital
article, 'began laughing hysterically.'' Eventually, with their
help, Anne got unstuck from the floor and was able to lay the
tile. But she still had glue all over herself. So, according to
the Capital article, "'she called a glue emergency hotline, but
no one answered.''
I don't know about you, but that sentence disturbs me. I think
somebody should check on the glue-emergency-hotline staff. I
picture an office reeking of glue fumes, with whacked-out workers
permanently bonded to floors, walls, ceilings, each other, etc.
Come to think of it, this is also how I picture Congress.
But getting back to Anne: Still trying to solve her personal glue
problem, she called a tile contractor. During this conversation,
the glue on her body hardened, such that (1) her right foot became
stuck to the floor, (2) her legs became stuck together, (3) her
body became stuck to a chair, and (4) her hand became stuck to
the phone.
''I had to dial 911 with my nose,'' she is quoted as saying.
When the rescue personnel arrived, they found Anne still stuck.
Perhaps this is a good time in our story to bring up the fact
that she had been working in, and was still wearing, only her
underwear. Fortunately, the rescue crews were serious, competent,
highly trained professionals, and thus, to again quote the Capital
article, they ''laughed until they cried.''
Once they recovered, the rescue crews were able to free Anne by
following the standard procedure for this type of situation:
licking her face. No, seriously, they freed her with solvents,
and everything was fine. Anne got her new floor and saved herself
$700, which I am sure more than makes up for suffering enough
humiliation to last four or five lifetimes.
So the bottom line, homeowners, is this: Don't be afraid to
tackle that tile job! Just be sure to have a dog handy, and
always remember the No.1 rule of tile-installation professionals:
Wear clean underwear.
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